CONDOR secure cell phone

Qualcomm built several prototype secure CDMA phones for NSA under a contract project called "Condor". The NSA insisted on hardware encryption, which Qualcomm originally implemented using Fortezza PC cards, but later it became apparent that what the NSA really wanted was developed as the STU-III.

See also

Cipher machines
Rotor machines	CCM Enigma M-125 Fialka Hebern HX-63 KL-7 Lacida M-325 Mercury NEMA OMI Portex RED SIGABA SIGCUM Singlet Typex
Mechanical	Bazeries cylinder C-36 C-52 CD-57 Cipher disk HC-9 Kryha Jefferson disk M-94 M-209 Reihenschieber Scytale
Teleprinter	5-UCO BID 770 DUDEK KW-26 KW-37 Lorenz SZ 40/42 Siemens and Halske T52
Secure voice	BID 150 FASCINATOR KY-3 KY-57 KY-58 KY-68 NESTOR OMNI SCIP Sectéra Secure Module SIGSALY STE STU-II STU-III VINSON
Other	JADE KG-84 KL-43 KL-51 Noreen Red Purple Pinwheel Rockex
In Computer Hardware	AES instruction set Intel SHA extensions IBM 4758 IBM 4764

Cryptography
History of cryptography Cryptanalysis Outline of cryptography
Symmetric-key algorithm Block cipher Stream cipher Public-key cryptography Cryptographic hash function Message authentication code Random numbers Steganography
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